Source: www.asianage.com BHOPAL, INDIA, June 13, 2009: With the spectre of drought and water wars looming large in the state, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is planning another round of som yagyas to placate the rain gods — much like the ancient Hindu kings of the Vedic era. The yagyas were recommended by Somaji Nana Kale, owner of…
Source: www.vrg.org USA, JUNE 14, 2009: The Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG) has conducted a poll to find out how many people in the US are vegetarian. US adults were asked which of the following foods they NEVER eat: meat, poultry, fish/seafood, dairy products, eggs, or honey. In the survey, 3.4% of US adults indicated they never eat meat, poultry and…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, JUNE 14, 2009: In an effort to renovate old temples with help from benefactors, the Tamil Nadu government is offering an honorific title and “gold cards” to devotees who donate US$11,000 for the fund. The government will confer the title Thirukkovil Puravalar (temple patron). The patrons will be presented a gold card carrying their…
Source: dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com MONTREAL, CANADA, June 1, 2009:The World Future Council has just completed a two-day symposium in Montreal in which over 100 experts in international law explored ways to use legal tools to prevent crimes against the future–such crimes as driving species to extinction and continuing to add long-lived greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, which could disrupt climate patterns and…
Source: news.bbc.co.uk ERAIYUR, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, June 12, 2009: Centuries ago, many low-caste Hindus embraced Christianity in hopes of overcoming caste barriers. But in the village of Eraiyur, in Tamil Nadu, not much has changed. The area is dominated by Vanniyar Christians, numbering about 15,000, who own most of the land and businesses and impose restrictions on the 3,000 Dalits,…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man’s injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man’s superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers…
Source: www.dailypioneer.com MUMBAI, INDIA, June 12, 2009: Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati on Friday vehemently opposed the impending visit of United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to India, by saying that it is a way for “a foreign Government to interfere in the internal affairs of this country”. “Though the Indian Government has permitted USCIRF for sending its delegation…
Source: www.trinidadexpress.com TOBAGO, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, June 3, 2009: Hindus in Tobago have renewed hopes for a Hindu temple there, following the announcement Saturday by Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Chief Secretary Orville London that talks have restarted between himself and the Tobago Hindu Society. London made the announcement during the Indian Arrival Day celebrations. The Hindu community in Tobago…
Source: mailto:anant.m.vyas@camden.gov.uk BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, U.K., June 12, 2009: [HPI note: A note from a doctor in the UK, alerting to religious issues related to a medical product.] Hindus who may have to undergo Angioplasty with PCI [percutaneous coronary intervention] will experience a procedure that, normally, takes more than four hours of complicated interventions. The patient has to be completely still for…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, June 6, 2009: The Catholic Church in Kerala has issued a pastoral letter urging its flock to keep away from new movements that promise miracles and spread abhorrence for Hinduism. The letter says though the Catholic Church preaches only Jesus, it does not disregard what is true or divine in other religions–and the Bible even teaches…